Dr. Sagar Uday Nigwekar MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
165 CAMBRIDGE ST BOSTON MA, 02114About
Dr. Sagar Nigwekar is a nephrologist practicing in Rochester, NY. Dr. Nigwekar specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Nigwekar most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Metastatic primary peritoneal carcinoma presenting as tension hydrothorax.
- An unusual case of nonhealing leg ulcer in a diabetic patient.
- Prevalence and predictors of lack of permanent vascular access in early referrals.
- Lack of permanent access in late referrals and its implications: not to be forgotten.
- N-acetylcysteine in cardiovascular-surgery-associated renal failure: a meta-analysis.
- Aldosterone antagonists for preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Associations of resting heart rate with insulin resistance, cardiovascular events and mortality in chronic kidney disease.
- HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for dialysis patients.
- HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for kidney transplant recipients.
- HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for dialysis patients.
- Aldosterone antagonists for preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease.
- Nutritional vitamin D in dialysis patients: what to D-iscern?
- Mortality and serum sodium: do patients die from or with hyponatremia?
- Ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol in CKD.
- Hyponatremia, mineral metabolism, and mortality in incident maintenance hemodialysis patients: a cohort study.
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